Originally Posted by
byrd48
I live in the city and do a lot of utility cycling, shopping, errands, etc, and I carry a 5 pound cable lock from Avenir. The other day, I went to Target to buy a toaster oven and when I got there, I realized I forgot my lock. My first thought was, oh well, I'll have to come another time, but then I thought, well why not just take the bike in with me? I mean, they sell bikes there and advertise that you can roll them to the register. So that's what I did. Since then, I have been taking it into other locations (not restaurants), but convenience stores, etc. My thought now is that if you value my business, my bike comes with me. I know it's not always possible, it would not fit in a gas station bathroom, but maybe I would leave it at their counter, or at least ask. So far, I haven't been told no yet.
Good move. I take my bike indoors with me almost everywhere. Nothing worse than coming out and seeing that your bike was stolen. At work, I park it in my office instead of out on the bike rack. People have commented about that, but I say my bike is too expensive to leave on the outside rack. It's not, but people don't know that
